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Cairo, Sep 9 (IANS) A total of 32 "criminal elements" were killed in Egypt's "lawless" Sinai peninsula in a military operation held in coordination with Israel, Xinhua reported.Military spokesman Ahmed ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Now travelling to Jaipur will be easier, with the Indian Railways Friday starting its second double-decker air conditioned train from Delhi to the Rajasthan capital.The ... Read more...

Shimla, July 27 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Friday gave green signal to construction of two mega all-weather tunnels at a cost of Rs.500 crore.The state cabinet, in a meeting ... Read more...

Washington, May 29 (IANS) A senior US official has revealed that the US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to collect intelligence on underground military ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) After playing a bulky looking villian Kancha Cheena in "Agneepath", Sanjay Dutt gets a makeover for his Soham Shah's next directorial venture.Produced by Shree ... Read more...

Islamabad, April 11 (IANS) Rescuers are digging two tunnels to reach the 139 Pakistani soldiers and civilians who are stuck in thick ice following an avalanche that swept through their ... Read more...

Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Infrastructure major Hindustan Construction Co along with Coastal Projects Ltd has been awarded a Rs.1.62 billion project to construct a railway tunnel in Manipur, an official ... Read more...

Mumbai, Oct 16 (IANS) Konkan Railway, the 760-km line linking Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, has entered its 22nd year of operations, an official said Sunday.
On the foundation day celebrations ... Read more...

London, June 3 (IANS) Two dogs, who remained trapped 20 feet underground for six days, were finally rescued after round-the-clock endeavour by mountain and cave rescue teams to locate and ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) The Taliban and external forces cannot seize Pakistan's nuclear weapons because they are "highly secured" and only a handful know where they are kept, disgraced ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) Pakistan's nuclear programme is "running without break" for 10 years and uranium enrichment process is also in progress, disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan said in ... Read more...

Tucson (US), May 11 (IANS/EFE) A "sophisticated" tunnel dug out of solid rock and equipped with electricity and ventilation systems has been found under the border between US' Arizona state ... Read more...

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) The union ministry of environment and forests will constitute a technical group to study the feasibility of a coastal road project for the city.Minister for Environment ... Read more...

London, Feb 28 (ANI): A disturbing new evidence of the barbarity of Libyan despot Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime in East Libya has emerged. Seven prisoners rescued by the opposition movement after they ... Read more...

Jammu, Feb 26 (IANS) The Indian Railways' plan to cut through the mountains in Jammu and Kashmir, construct bridges and bore tunnels and get the train chugging into the Kashmir Valley in ... Read more...

Imphal (Manipur), Jan.21 (ANI) Infrastructure development tops the central government's agenda in the northeast and in this context, the ongoing construction of the 84-kilometer-long Imphal-Jiribam Railway Line in Manipur, assumes significance.Construction began ... Read more...

Shimla, Dec 23 (IANS) To cater to the Christmas and New Year's eve rush, the railways Thursday started a holiday special toy train on the Kalka-Shimla track, an official said here."A special ... Read more...